In an effort to take a refreshed look at the business side
of things when it comes to my ventures, I have been taking careful attention to
the world of the Hipster; according to the internet, which as we know is far
better and easier to use than a library, a Hipster means
1. a person who
follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being
outside the cultural mainstream.
Far be it for me to argue with Google, which is a font of
all knowledge and you don’t have to pay for parking in order to use its
services. I like the idea of hipster being outside the cultural mainstream, as
that is where I picture myself being.
Now I don’t have a Hipster Beard, which probably should have
the little letters ‘TM’ following it as surely by now it must be a trademark,
or copyrighted by the Hipster community, if there is such a thing. I wonder
about these communities that exist in the world, are they all gated and do you
need to join a club in order to gain entrance?
But, I don’t have the beard and I don’t wear lumberjack
shirts, which seems to be some sort of uniform for the hipsters. I do however
own a pipe, and have a monocle which I wear at numerous occasions such as going
out for a meal so that I can read the menu, glasses are so last year.
In my humble and obedient mind, Splintered Cinema is for the
hipster generation, again if there is such a thing, it has upcycled material
and chooses to screen classic movies rather than the latest blockbusters;
locations have been diverse and thankfully have suited the movie that has been
playing. The most recent screening, City Lights, was in a museum library which
was wonderful. I was also glad that the screening appealed to young and old,
meaning that Splintered Cinema can cater for all ages and I can’t be labelled
as ageist, not that I ever have been but
you never know what is around the corner.
I like the hipster thing, the whole thing, apart from the
braces which make my stomach look fat; but I do like this idea of going back to
basics and feeling as if you are behaving in an anti-establishment/corporate
way. There is no finer feeling in the world than going against the tide, and
sometimes the tide is the system that we get caught up in, like a fisherman’s
net that binds us tight and refuses to allow us room to breathe. We as a
population are blindfolded by corporations and those that serve them, namely
our governments, and there is something cosy about hipsters being the one of
the trends that refuses to accept that situation. Much like vigilantes and activists, hipsters
have a role to play and now is the time to play it.
Is it time to wake up and smell the coffee? As long as that
coffee does not come from Starbucks then yes, and it needs to be ground coffee,
fair trade and not set at an enormous price for the privilege of it.
NB. I have no idea how this went from hipsters to
anti-establishment to coffee. Isn’t the world a strange and beautiful place.
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